Steve Howe wrote:
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 2:54:06 PM, you wrote:
>
> BM> Well, sending an email is something only PL/sh can do. I don't see the
> Pl/Python, or PL/Perl can do it easily too (even without opening
> external processes I mean). PL/TCL certainly should do it too.
>
Well, PL/TclU can do
set sm [socket localhost smtp] puts $sm "HELO PostgreSQL" ... close $sm
Underneath eMail is still a telnet style protocol and well documented
too. Noone needs a damned shell with all it's portability and security
problems to generate a simple eMail notification.
Jan
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